2.5.5
タレコミ by dai
dai 曰く、
2.5.5が1回のpre版のみを経てリリースされた。 以下ChangeLog-2.5.5から抜粋。 しかしすごいボリュームだ... こんなもの、仕事の合間にはタレコめないぞ (^_^;)
- paulus@cargo.(none)
Further PPC updates - fix thread_saved_pc, make sure init_thread_union is properly 8kB-aligned.- paulus@cargo.(none)
PPC updates: call schedule_tail only on SMP, update sched_find_first_bit, include in signal.c.- kai@tp1.ruhr-uni-bochum.de
HiSax HFC PCI driver udpate- kai@tp1.ruhr-uni-bochum.de
HiSax netjet driver update- viro@math.psu.edu
[PATCH] ext2/inode.c cleanup.- viro@math.psu.edu
[PATCH] BKL shifted into ->create()- viro@math.psu.edu
[PATCH] SMP-safe ext2/namei.c- viro@math.psu.edu
[PATCH] BKL shifted into ->mknod()- viro@math.psu.edu
[PATCH] misc fixes
- proc//fd readdir() has broken locking - sometimes it ends up with task->files->file_lock locked.
- missing variable definition in arch/s390x/kernel/linux32.c::cp_new_stat32()
- viro@math.psu.edu
[PATCH] BKL shifted inside ->unlink()- torvalds@home.transmeta.com
update version- mochel@segfault.osdlab.org
device model/driverfs updates- paulus@samba.org
[PATCH] USB OHCI powerbook fix (v2.5.4)- oliver@neukum.org
usb hpusbscsi driver fixes
- special case for REQUEST_SENSE
- reset handling won't work properly -> disabled
- error reporting corrected
- oliver@neukum.org
usb vicam driver
- fix for memory leak.
- greg@kroah.com
Added mem_flags to usb_submit_urb()- peter@cadcamlab.org
[PATCH] alsa + x86-64- nathans@sgi.com
[PATCH] xattr updates- anton@superego.(none)
Add ppc64 support. This includes both pSeries (RS/6000) and iSeries (AS/400).- dok@directfb.org
[PATCH] NeoMagic FPU fix (2.5.5-pre1)- jamagallon@able.es
[PATCH] pid allocator bugfix- viro@math.psu.edu
[PATCH] more BKL shifting- torvalds@home.transmeta.com
> Fix sound config files (makes xconfig happy)- paulus@tango.paulus.ozlabs.org
PPC fixes for SMP; also fix the stack overflow detection, remove various bits of cruft, and remove the third argument to switch_to.- mingo@elte.hu
Fix from Mike Kravetz: use the nr_running return value of double_lock_balance().- mochel@segfault.osdl.org
Fix driverfs deadlock on file/directory removal- greg@kroah.com
usb core fix for removing a device that does not have a driver bound to it.- greg@kroah.com
usb hub fixed problem where usb_port_status was on the stack. Based on a patch from Martin Diehl- greg@kroah.com
usb visor driver: added support for the Clie S-360 device- greg@kroah.com
usb usbfs: fixes based on Pat Mochel's latest driverfs fixes based on Al Viro's comments :)- greg@kroah.com
usb skeleton driver: fix by Holger Waechtler for if a device does not have both a bulk in and bulk out endpoint.- anton@superego.(none)
fix for ntpd and HZ=1024 from mike- paulus@cargo.(none)
xattr.patch- rml@tech9.net
[PATCH] Re: 2.5: further llseek cleanup- rml@tech9.net
further llseek cleanup- viro@math.psu.edu
[PATCH] BKL shifting - ->rename()- viro@math.psu.edu
[PATCH] dnotify race fix- neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au
[PATCH] knfsd cleanups- akpm@zip.com.au
[PATCH] BUG register preservation- akpm@zip.com.au
[PATCH] IS_SYNC diretory handling- akpm@zip.com.au
[PATCH] msync correctness- akpm@zip.com.au
[PATCH] ENOSPC correctness- dalecki@evision-ventures.com
[PATCH] IDE cleanup- dalecki@evision-ventures.com
[PATCH] dead arrays.- stelian.pop@fr.alcove.com
[PATCH] meye driver update- mingo@elte.hu
allow the boot-time sizing of the highmem pool.- greg@kroah.com
usbdevfs: put back locks that I accidentally took out with the last merge.- mingo@elte.hu
new vmalloc_to_page() interface should be used to determine the physical page a given vmalloc() area virtual address is mapped to.- mingo@elte.hu
adds simple support for atomically-mapped PTEs. On highmem systems this enables the allocation of the pagetables in highmem.- mingo@elte.hu
cleanup from Andi Kleen: schedule_tail() does not have to take 'prev' as a parameter anymore.- riel@conectiva.com.br
[PATCH] new struct page shrinkage- mingo@elte.hu
fix mapped-pte usage - do not access it after unmapping.- mingo@elte.hu
clean up the vmalloc_to_page() interface: no need for any pgd parameter.- mingo@elte.hu
much more intuitive interface names:
- pte_offset_map2 → pte_offset_map_nested
- pte_unmap2 → pte_unmap_nested
- vandrove@vc.cvut.cz
[PATCH] ipx uninitialized memory fix- vandrove@vc.cvut.cz
[PATCH] uninitialized SO_PASSCRED on sockets fix- vandrove@vc.cvut.cz
[PATCH] matroxfb- viro@math.psu.edu
[PATCH] hfs compile fixes- viro@math.psu.edu
[PATCH] helper for safe access to parent's inumber- viro@math.psu.edu
[PATCH] Adds an obvious helper, converts callers.- viro@math.psu.edu
[PATCH] Fixes overflow checks in smb_encode_path().- perex@suse.cz
[PATCH] ALSA update- torvalds@penguin.transmeta.com
Update default config to match new sound setup- torvalds@penguin.transmeta.com
Clean up BDEV type handling- torvalds@penguin.transmeta.com
Remove stale variable.- torvalds@penguin.transmeta.com
Fix ptrace and fork interaction- dalecki@evision-ventures.com
[PATCH] IDE cleanup- davej@suse.de
[PATCH] LVM fixes.- dledford@redhat.com
[PATCH] i810_audio, bttv, working at all.- viro@math.psu.edu
[PATCH] more smbfs buffer overrun fixes- torvalds@penguin.transmeta.com
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